The affordability crisis negatively affects more than just housing, groceries, clothing, and other staples.
It’s harming the ability of people to access mental health services.
CBC reports that cash-strapped Canadians, desperate to make ends meet, are treating healthcare like therapy as luxury items that can be cut or put off.
It’s frustrating that all of us have done so much work to take the stigma out of talking about mental health, and yet government and the public health care system have not added the needed resources to help folks.
October 19 is an opportunity to change that. What the current government has done isn’t enough – add the need to improve mental health services to the long list of things to consider when voting.
Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program is helping more than 100 companies and more than 10,000 construction professionals better understand mental health. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details.
